Lew Harriman

Lew Harriman is the Director of Research & Consulting at Mason-Grant. Much of his work over the last 30 years has concerned humidity and moisture control in buildings and industrial processes, along with related phenomena which are affected by humidity and moisture, such as indoor mold, HVAC systems and the drying rates of materials and structures.

Lew has served as a National Peer in the Construction Excellence Program of the Public Buildings Service of the U.S. General Services Administration. He is well-known as a writer and lecturer in North America, Europe and Asia. In 2009 he was elected Fellow of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).

Lew is the author of The Dehumidification Handbook published by Munters Corporation, and was the lead author and project manager for both the ASHRAE Humidity Control Design Guide and The ASHRAE Guide for Buildings in Hot & Humid Climates. He also wrote the California Builder’s Guide to Avoiding Mold Risk, and served as the Chair of ASHRAE’s Presidential Committee on Indoor Mold. He is an active member of ASHRAE’s Technical Committee 1.12 - Moisture Management in Buildings, and Technical Committee 8.12 - Desiccant Dehumidification Equipment and Components.

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Lew is married to Cynthia W. Harriman, the Executive Director of the Whole Grains Council. They live in Portsmouth, NH. Their daughter Elizabeth Harriman is a bilingual Korean-English speech-language pathologist, and their son Sam Harriman is a renewable energy system designer and installer.